January 24, 2024

Think so-called blue states, with Democratic lawmakers, are abortion safe havens? Pull up a chair and let’s talk. In this episode, Chelsea Williams-Diggs of the New York Abortion Access Fund joins Renee and Regina to talk about how even “liberal” governments need to do better for pregnant people.

January 17, 2024

With the battle over abortion rights raging in the United States at local, state, and national levels, we here in New York state cannot become complacent that access to abortion will always be guaranteed here. Chelsea Williams-Diggs of New York Abortion Access Fund and Allie Bohm of New York Civil Liberties Union to discuss the state of abortion access in New York state and their advocacy for the statewide Reproductive Freedom and Equity Fund.

October 24, 2023

“When we think about the people needing to travel and needing financial support, we’re thinking about Black and brown folks, immigrants, and a lot of those people have connections to new York…” - NYAAF Interim Executive Director, Chelsea Williams-Diggs

Thursday, July 20, 2023

"We recognize that abortion access... paying for someone's abortion won't fix every issue ... but it is a piece of liberation, it's a piece of social justice, it's a piece of reproductive justice, and it's important to be able to give back to folks." - NYAAF Interim Executive Director, Chelsea Williams-Diggs

By Sara Boboltz and Alanna Vagianos | June 24, 2023

“We are in a national crisis and abortion funds across the country are all feeling it,” Williams-Diggs told HuffPost. “It feels often like our broader movement — philanthropy, government — are not understanding the magnitude of this crisis. They’re not understanding just how bad things have gotten and, honestly, how bad things are going to continue to get.”

By Alison Durkee | June 24, 2023

In spite of increased donations post-Dobbs, abortion access organizations such as NYAAF are still struggling to keep up with increased demand.

By Alanna Vagianos | June 23, 2023

NYAAF is featured among abortion funds throughout the country for their role in the post-Dobbs abortion movement.

By Rachel Bluth and Maya Kaufman | June 23, 2023

“While New York’s Medicaid program covers abortion, Williams-Diggs said in an interview some providers do not accept Medicaid, and others only do so for patients early in their pregnancies. The average cost of a first-trimester abortion in New York is $600, Williams-Diggs said. In recent weeks, her organization has seen people later in their pregnancies be charged as much as $25,000 by private clinics.”

By Maya Kaufman and Hajah Bah | June 23, 2023

Our Interim Executive Director Chelsea Williams-Diggs discusses the cost barriers for abortion-seekers in New York State.

By Eleanor Laise | June 23, 2023

“Surgical abortion in New York, for example, generally starts around $600 for a first-trimester procedure, said the New York Abortion Access Fund’s Williams-Diggs, but can cost as much as $28,000 later in pregnancy.”

June 23, 2023

"When abortion is banned or restricted in one state, the entire country, the entire ecosystem of access and care feels it." - Chelsea

By Lola Fadulu | April 12, 2023

“The New York Abortion Access Fund, which pays clinics directly for low-income patients’ abortions, ‘immediately saw an influx of out-of-state callers’ after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last June, said Chelsea Williams-Diggs, the organization’s interim executive director.”

By Claire Lampen | December 5, 2022

“Demand from states that have banned abortion has surged, and out-of-towners now comprise nearly half of the fund’s callers.”

By Ashley Wong and Lola Fadulu | May 13, 2022

“As of early May, the New York Abortion Access Fund had pledged about $350,000 this year to people seeking abortions, more than twice the $150,000 it had promised by this point last year.”